Haeey jones



- Patented Aug. 16,1881.

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i PUMP.

(Mdaerl.)

UNrrED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY JONES, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,835, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed December 31, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HARRY JoNEs, of Sterling, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pumps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawings,which form a part of this spccilication, and in which- Figure l is a vertical section ot my doubleacting force-pump, and Fig. 2 is a section of the stationary plunger on an enlarged scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in all the iigures.

My invention has relation to double-acting force-pumps of that class in which two stationary plungers operate in conjunction with two vertically-reciprocating buckets, and it consists in the improvements hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, A indicates the pump stock or barrel, made of wood or metal, having a spout or outlet, a, and a lever-handle, B, with its fulcrum at b. This barrel (which may be of any suitable length and made in a simple and inexpensive way by coupling several lengths of gas-pipe or ordinary water-pipe) is set at its lower end into a tubular cross-piece or barrel, C, which has two projecting studs, c c, one at each end. Into the ends of, or cast in one piece with, the horizontal barrel C are inserted the plunger-pipes D D, to the lower ends of which are affixed the stationary plungers E. By reference to Fig. 2 ofthe drawings it will be seen that each of these plungers is constructed with a concave seat for the ball-valve d, which plays in its chamber c.

f j' are ducts which open from the chamber e to the outside of the plunger-cylinder. The outer ends of these ducts are slightly concaved orfnnnel-shaped, as shown in the drawings, the body or head ofthe plunger proper being cylindrical in shape and provided with two circumferential grooves or channels, g g, equidistant from, and one above and the other below, the circumferential ducts or outlets j'. Into these channels may be inserted leather or rubber packing h, there being no packing between said channels.

F F are the pump-buckets, which are cylindrical in shape to fit the plunger-s, open at the top and with an aperture in the bottom closed by a ball-valve, i. To the top of each of the buckets is hinged thebifureated lowermost section of its appropriate sucker-rod G, there being a suicient number or lengths of these rods, coupled together by couplings H, to reach up 6o to the lever B, by which the pump is operated.

In using this pump in cisterns or reservoirs, where it is desirable to stir the water and keep it in motion to prevent sediment, I provide each section ot' the immersed portion of the 65 sucker-rods with laterally-projecting wings or flanges m, which will have the desired effect. The reciprocation of the buckets themselves, working up and down upon their respective plungers, also has the effect to agitate the wa- 7o ter in the well or cistern much more eiiectually than where the cylinder is stationary and the plunger reciproeates within it.

If', by any accident in coupling or disconnecting the sucker-rods, one of the sect-ions should slip and fall, it will not fall, with its bucket, to the bottom of the well, but will be caught upon the projecting stud or arm c on its side ofthe cross-barrel C, from which it can readily be lifted up and coupled in its appropriate 8o place. These studs or arms, by projecting laterally out over the rim of the buckets, also form guards or abutments against the sides of the well or well-tube, so that the buckets will swing easy and have free play up and down without friction against the sides.

By the construction of the plunger in the manner described a jet of wateris on each upward stroke of the bucket forced through the ducts f, and escapes in an upward and down- 9o ward direction between the wall or sides of the bucket and the upper and lower annular elastic packing, h, thereby thoroughly washing out grit, gravel, and other impurities that find their way in between the packing and the bucket, and which, if not removed, is apt to out and otherwise injure the packing. The funnel-shaped mouths or outlets of the ducts f facilitate this operation by forming the water into a narrow sheet, which will easily work roo in between the bucket and the plunger-packing.

This pump is adapted to all purposes where it is desired to obtain a strong and steadilyflowing stream under pressure. It maybe used in shallow reservoirs or in deep wells with equal advantage; is strong, durable, and notliable to get out of order, and may be used in gritty or 5 muddy water without becoming choked up or causing injury to its parts.

Having thus described my invention, Iolaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- Io l. In a double-acting pump of the described class, the bifureated pump-stock A C, provided at its lower forked end with the laterally-projecting guard-studs or abutments c c, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set I5 fOIth.

HARRY J ONES.

Vitnesses: I

Louis BIGGER, Y I WM. BAGGER. 

